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October 16, 2026
Consumer Stories

Restaurant takes over closed coffee shop in CSRA

Have you had oxtail or curry goat before? If not, perhaps you’ve had jerk chicken. A new Caribbean restaurant is now open, complete with a coffee drive-through. The Jerk House is now open, serving small and large plates generally in the $11.00 to $23.00 range, including Jerk Chicken Pasta, Jerk Pork, Stew Chicken, Fried Chicken, and more. The restaurant replaced Café Dulce, which lasted about three years, in a new building that featured a second level, a side patio upstairs, and a drive-through. All are being used for the Jerk

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Neil Gordon October 16, 2026 No Comments
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Celebrating entrepreneur’s $50 million investment in CSRA

Life will be made a little bit easier for younger patients in Augusta, thanks to a former payroll company executive and philanthropist. The hospital formally recognized the renaming of the hospital to Wellstar Golisano Children’s Hospital of Georgia.  ABD first told you about the $50 million gift at the end of 2025. It remains the largest sum in the history of both Wellstar and the Children’s Hospital. The Wellstar Golisano Children’s Hospital of Georgia cares for children from every county in Georgia and children from neighboring states. The group is,

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Neil Gordon/Staff Report October 16, 2026 No Comments
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Tiny homes with big hopes

Business and civic leaders pushed for the last 19 months, and now an empty tract that once served as a city park became Augusta’s first tiny home community. A ribbon-cutting was held to mark the opening of 25 tiny homes on Merry Street. They will be used to support teens aging out of foster care with no resources to begin the next phase of their lives.  Dr. Jackson and ShDonna Drumgoole from Bridge Builders Community (BBC) spearheaded development of the village. “We were pushing this rock up the hill, you

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Dana Lynn McIntyre October 16, 2026 No Comments